Type: All cancers
Professor John Mattick and his team are using cutting-edge sequencing technologies to uncover various components of DNA and how they differ in cancer cells.
Research has revealed the cost of cancer to the Australian health system to be over $6 billion a year.
This project will determine how drug resistance develops at the genetic level and explore ways of making treatment approaches more effective.
Developing a world first radiation system to ensure the safe delivery of radiation doses to patients
This team is perfecting a new radiation dosimetry system that will detect and treat cancers as they move through the body.
Genetically modified immune cells can be used to cure cases of leukaemia that are otherwise incurable. This project will optimise the technology to create cures for other types of cancer.
This study of 9,000 participants found that physical activity has the potential to lower someone’s cancer risk regardless of their body weight.
Dr Jeremy Henson and his team have discovered a new way to test for aggressive cancers. The test could aid in early diagnosis and help with devising the best treatment for each patient.
Research shows that 3,900 cases of cancers each year are related to being overweight. This research helps paint a picture of the extent of unhealthy marketing to children.
This research aims to improve the health and wellbeing of the estimated one million people living with and beyond cancer, as cancer survival rates continue to increase.
Jane Bennett talks about representing consumers in deciding what research Cancer Council funds.